PROPOSAL TO BUILD A SECOND RUNWAY GATWICK
PROPOSAL TO BUILD A SECOND RUNWAY AT GATWICK
This essay will argue the best solution to the problem of London 's airport capacity is the proposal to construct a second runway at London Gatwick Airport. According to Johnson, air travel demand in the UK is set to expand to 460 million passengers by 2050, but London has no strategy to keep up with the problem (Curtis, 2012). For this reason, London urgently requires greater airport capacity to support the needs of passengers.
There are four wildly different options for expanding UK airport capacity, which include building a new airport in the inner Thames Estuary (Isle of Grain hub), building a third runway at Heathrow, lengthening an existing runway at Heathrow, and building a second runway at Gatwick.
First option, construction a new airport in the Inner Thames Estuary, a new airport to replace Heathrow, would be a biggest airport hub in European, whereas, it would cost up to £50 billion (BBC News, 2013). This option would take the longest and would be the most expensive. London already has five airports, which include Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton, and City airports, that is why this project is not necessary now.
The second option is to build a third runway at Heathrow, which it would construct to the north-west of the Heathrow 's existing runway with a £550 million cost (BBC News, 2014). While the third option is lengthening an existing runway at Heathrow from the northern runway to the west. It enables to be used for both takeoffs and landings, and could be in place by 2029 (BBC News, 2013). However, Heathrow operates almost 100% of its capacity and both options also has a significant impact on the environment such as carbon dioxide and noise pollution (London.Gov.UK, 2013)
Finally, the best solution, building a second runway at Gatwick. This option would deliver £40 billion benefits to Britain (The Telegraph, 2014), and contribute more than £1.6 billion a year to the South East economy (Supporting
This essay will argue the best solution to the problem of London 's airport capacity is the proposal to construct a second runway at London Gatwick Airport. According to Johnson, air travel demand in the UK is set to expand to 460 million passengers by 2050, but London has no strategy to keep up with the problem (Curtis, 2012). For this reason, London urgently requires greater airport capacity to support the needs of passengers.
There are four wildly different options for expanding UK airport capacity, which include building a new airport in the inner Thames Estuary (Isle of Grain hub), building a third runway at Heathrow, lengthening an existing runway at Heathrow, and building a second runway at Gatwick.
First option, construction a new airport in the Inner Thames Estuary, a new airport to replace Heathrow, would be a biggest airport hub in European, whereas, it would cost up to £50 billion (BBC News, 2013). This option would take the longest and would be the most expensive. London already has five airports, which include Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton, and City airports, that is why this project is not necessary now.
The second option is to build a third runway at Heathrow, which it would construct to the north-west of the Heathrow 's existing runway with a £550 million cost (BBC News, 2014). While the third option is lengthening an existing runway at Heathrow from the northern runway to the west. It enables to be used for both takeoffs and landings, and could be in place by 2029 (BBC News, 2013). However, Heathrow operates almost 100% of its capacity and both options also has a significant impact on the environment such as carbon dioxide and noise pollution (London.Gov.UK, 2013)
Finally, the best solution, building a second runway at Gatwick. This option would deliver £40 billion benefits to Britain (The Telegraph, 2014), and contribute more than £1.6 billion a year to the South East economy (Supporting
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